diff --git a/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md b/.github/PULL_REQUEST_TEMPLATE.md
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-<!--
-Thank you for your contribution!
-
-Please review https://github.com/ray-project/ray/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst before opening a pull request.
--->
+<!-- Thank you for your contribution! Please review https://github.com/ray-project/ray/blob/master/CONTRIBUTING.rst before opening a pull request. -->
 
 ## What do these changes do?
 
-<!-- Please give a short brief about these changes. -->
+
 
 ## Related issue number
 
-<!-- Are there any issues opened that will be resolved by merging this change? -->
+<!-- For example: "Closes #1234" -->
+
+## Linter
+
+- [ ] I've run `scripts/format.sh` to lint the changes in this PR.